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FLIER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1904.

novel construction which we wi UNITED STATES FAY H.-MARTIN, OF BOSTON,

PATENT OFFICE.

AND PHILIP R. HOVEY. or LOWELL, MAS- BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

FLIER.

To all whom) it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, FAY H. MARTIN, resid-in at Roxbury, Boston, in the county of Suflo k, and PHLLIP R. HovEY, residing at Lowell, county of MiddleseX, State of Massachusetts, citizens of the United States, have invented a certain new and useful Improve ment in Fliers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates in general to fliers, more especially to fliers such as are used in roving-machines. v

In particular the invention relates to the shoes or pressers by means of which the roving or yarn is guided and delivered to the surface upon which'it, is being wound.

The invention consists in a resser of the llnow proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which latter we have shown a flier having our invention applied thereto.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows in elevation aflier having the invention applied thereto, a bobbin, and portion of a spindle-bearing, this view also showing in dotted lines the upper end of the spindle upon which the said flier and bobbin are mounted and the outlines of a load. of roving wound upon the bobbin. Fig. 2 is a view looking from the left-hand side in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows in elevation the presser separately, the inner side thereof being represented. Fig. 4 is a top view of the presser as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a View of portion of the presser-stem and the presser-shoe, showing the roving or yarn Wound around the said stem in the direction which is the opposite of that in which it is wound in Figs. 1 and 2.

Having reference to the drawings, 1, Fig. 1, designates "the spindle of a roving-frame, only the upper portion thereof above the upper end of the bobbin being indicated in dotted lines in the said fl ure. 2 is a bearing in which the said spind e is supported, 3 is a bobbin surrounding the stem of the spindle, and 4 is a flier, which is mounted in suitable or usual manner upon the tip of the spindle.

5 designates the nose or boss of the flier 6, the solid or weight arm thereof; 7, the tubular or hollow arm thereof, and 8 the presserfinger, 81 being its centrifugal weight portion and 82 being the presser-shoe.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1904:. Serial No. 204,742.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

of revolution of the spindle and bobbin. In

practice in the employment of a flier on the order of that which is represented in the drawings of the present case the roving or I yarn is wrapped spirally a small number of turns around the stem of the said presser-finger and then deliveredbetween the pressershoe and the surface against which the presser-shoe is bearing, it being wound upon the exterior of the bobbin 3 in manner well understood by those who are familiar with the art of spinning. In being delivered by the presser-shoe to the surface on which the winding occurs the roving or yarn passes through'a guide aperture or eye 83 of usual I or preferred character. As shown in the drawings, a slot or slit leads into the eye 83 from the upper edge of the presser-shoe for convenience in threading the roving or yarn into the said eye.

In accordance with our invention we provide the presser-shoe with a supplemental guide eye or equivalent guide passage, through which the'roving or yarn in passing from the arm or stem of the presser-finger may be conducted from the inner side of the presser-shoe to the outer side of the latter and with a bridge over which'the roving or yarn may then extend at the exterior of the presser-shoe before entering the usual eye83. In the illustrated. embodiment of the invention the supplemental guide-eye is designated 84. It is formed as a partly-open eye at the heel of the presser-shoe, the upper wall thereof being constituted by a curved portion or spur. 85. The bridge is constituted by the portion 86 of'the presser-shoe which intervenes between the guide-eye or guide-passage 84 and the usual eye83. The course of the roving or yarnmay be, as shown in Fig. 5, spirally around the stem or arm of the presser-finger, then over the said arm to and The flier which is shown in the drawings is of under the spur 85, then outward through the guide passage or eye 84, then across the bridge 86, and then inward through the eye 83 to the surface of the bobbin or the Wound mass of roving or yarn thereon, or, as in Figs. 1 and 2, the roving may pass spirally around the stem or arm, then to the inner side of the presser-shoe at the left of the said stem in Fig. 2, then partly across the inner side of the presser-shoe toward the right in Fig. 2, then through the guide-eye S4 to the outer side of the presser-shoe, then across the bridge 86, and finally through the usual guide-eye 83 to the surface on which the Winding takes place It will be perceived that in Fig. 5 the spur 85 serves as a direction-changing device or guide for the roving or yarn.

What We claim is 1. In a flier, the combination with the presser-arm around which the roving or yarn is Wound spirally in its travel toward the surface on which the winding occurs, of a presser-shoe having a guide-eye 83 by which the roving or yarn is delivered to the said surface, a supplemental guide for the roving or yarn by which the direction of the latter is changed in leading from around the presser arm to the guide-eye 83, and a bridge which the roving or yarn crosses in passing from the said supplemental guide to the guideeye 83.

2. In a flier, the combination with the presser-arm around which the roving or yarn is wound spirally in its travel toward the surface on which the winding occurs, of a presser-shoe having a guide-eye 83 by which the roving or yarn is delivered to the said surface, and having also the spur 85 around which the roving or yarn passes in leaving the said presser-arln, the supplmnental guide eye or passage adjacent said spur through which the roving or yarn n ext passes, and the bridge intermediate the two guideeyes and which the roving or yarn crosses in passing from one to the other thereof.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FAY H. MARTIN. PHILIP R. HOVIDY.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. F. RANDALL, \VILLIAM A. COPELAND. 

